Q&A with Director Rebecca Frecknall and Set Designer Tom Scutt | A Moon for the Misbegotten

Join A Moon for the Misbegotten Director Rebecca Frecknall and Set Designer Tom Scutt in a Q&A part of Almeida For Free.

A Moon for the Misbegotten
By Eugene O'Neill
Directed by Rebecca Frecknall
18 Jun – 16 Aug 2025
almeida.co.uk/moon

★★★★★
“The finest acting you’ll see all year”
The Telegraph

★★★★
Financial Times, Independent, Evening Standard,Time Out, The i, The Daily Mail, The Stage

There is no present or future – only the past, happening over and over again – now.

On a barren farm in Connecticut, abandoned by her brothers and trapped with her drunken father, Josie Hogan dreams of more. Haunted by the death of his mother, James Tyrone Jr drinks in a spiral of guilt and shame to forget the pain, longing for connection.

When the two are brought together, a single night reveals devastating truths and both will be altered forever.

Almeida Associate Director and multi–Olivier Award winner Rebecca Frecknall (A Streetcar Named Desire; Cabaret), “one of our most radical directors” (The Telegraph), draws out “beautifully layered, deeply poignant performances” (Financial Times) from “an ensemble of the very highest quality” (WhatsOnStage) in this “utterly luminous…gorgeous resurrection of a mid-century American gem” (Independent) from Eugene O’Neill.

Featuring a “mesmerising” (Evening Standard) Academy Award-nominated Michael Shannon (George & Tammy; Boardwalk Empire) alongside Golden Globe-winner Ruth Wilson’s (The Affair; Luther) “magnetic intensity” (The Stage), this “achingly tender” (Financial Times) play is “something extraordinary” (Time Out).

Presented in association with Smith & Brant Theatricals.

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